diff --git a/app/PaymentDrivers/Stripe/CreditCard.php b/app/PaymentDrivers/Stripe/CreditCard.php
index 7d187185db..41ee4ec4ae 100644
--- a/app/PaymentDrivers/Stripe/CreditCard.php
+++ b/app/PaymentDrivers/Stripe/CreditCard.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class CreditCard
             'amount' => $this->stripe->convertToStripeAmount($data['total']['amount_with_fee'], $this->stripe->client->currency()->precision, $this->stripe->client->currency()),
             'currency' => $this->stripe->client->getCurrencyCode(),
             'customer' => $this->stripe->findOrCreateCustomer(),
-            'description' => $this->decodeUnicodeString(ctrans('texts.invoices') . ': ' . collect($data['invoices'])->pluck('invoice_number')),
+            'description' => $this->stripe->decodeUnicodeString(ctrans('texts.invoices') . ': ' . collect($data['invoices'])->pluck('invoice_number')),
         ];
 
         $payment_intent_data['setup_future_usage'] = 'off_session';
diff --git a/app/PaymentDrivers/Stripe/SOFORT.php b/app/PaymentDrivers/Stripe/SOFORT.php
index 2363268c80..43d25ab263 100644
--- a/app/PaymentDrivers/Stripe/SOFORT.php
+++ b/app/PaymentDrivers/Stripe/SOFORT.php
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ class SOFORT
         $intent = \Stripe\PaymentIntent::create([
             'amount' => $data['stripe_amount'],
             'currency' => 'eur',
-            'payment_method_types' => ['sofort']
+            'payment_method_types' => ['sofort'],
+            'customer' => $this->stripe->findOrCreateCustomer(),
+            'description' => $this->stripe->decodeUnicodeString(ctrans('texts.invoices') . ': ' . collect($data['invoices'])->pluck('invoice_number')),
+
         ]);
 
         $data['pi_client_secret'] = $intent->client_secret;
diff --git a/app/PaymentDrivers/StripePaymentDriver.php b/app/PaymentDrivers/StripePaymentDriver.php
index 3b8e4855c3..122735c05e 100644
--- a/app/PaymentDrivers/StripePaymentDriver.php
+++ b/app/PaymentDrivers/StripePaymentDriver.php
@@ -634,4 +634,14 @@ class StripePaymentDriver extends BaseDriver
 
         return response()->json(['message' => 'success'], 200);
     }
+
+    public function decodeUnicodeString($string)
+    {
+        return html_entity_decode($string, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+        // return iconv("UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1//TRANSLIT", $this->decode_encoded_utf8($string));
+    }
+
+    public function decode_encoded_utf8($string){
+        return preg_replace_callback('#\\\\u([0-9a-f]{4})#ism', function($matches) { return mb_convert_encoding(pack("H*", $matches[1]), "UTF-8", "UCS-2BE"); }, $string);
+    }
 }